Thursday, March 15, 2012

In Which I Am Ranty

Dear writers of baby sleep books,

Breastfed babies nurse to sleep. No, I cannot use your 'feeding schedule' with amounts in a chart. No, I cannot just take the baby off and rock him to sleep instead. No, your useless advice does not help me.

7 comments:

HA! I was just reading a book on feeding babies and toddlers and thinking how full of uselessness and poison they all are, even the ones that you mainly agree with... I hope you stumble upon something that works...

Kid #1 nursed to sleep (or fell asleep in the rocker, and was not touched upon pain of death). Kid #2 nursed to sleep and I fell asleep nursing him most nights as well. They'll make the transition to sleeping on their own once the breast feeding is done. Good luck!

my personal favorites are the book (like the otherwise pretty decent AAP birth to age 5 book) that follow up big sections about how important breastfeeding is (unless you hate your baby) with those same detailed charts, etc., of ounces per feeding. which would be useful if only i had thought to have gauges installed on my nipples.

this was especially fun during the traumatic "when will he regain birth weight" weeks.

Tater mostly sleeps pretty well, but seriously, those books are useless. Bug gets a story and a song and a goodnight, so I have perfect faith Tater will one day too, but meanwhile, I could write a book on Getting Breastfed Babies To Sleep. It would read: Nurse. Lather, rinse, repeat. Bah, humbug.

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DISCLAIMER: I am a scientist, not a medical professional. THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, these are my personal opinions. I intend these only as academic summaries of the available evidence. If you require medical advice or assistance, please consult your health care provider